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As the snow continues to melt away, many of us are scratching our outdoor itch, eyeing out backyard spaces and gardens, ready to tackle spring maintenance and clean up ahead of what looks to be some consistently warmer weather.
With our birds in mind, we wanted to touch on a few items that should be added (and checked off) you spring backyard list.
With spring on top of mind for everyone here in North America, many of us are switching gears and beginning to think about our spring gardening and the importance of keeping that growth healthy and sustainable. Unless this is your first experience with us here at the Gilligallou Bird, you are already well aware of how seriously we take native plants and grasses and we continue to push that narrative out into the mainstream.
To begin slightly off-topic, this week’s video and blog was brought to you entirely from our Facebook Group. We opened the group a few years ago now and today it serves as a place for birders from across North America to congregate, share pictures, ask questions or simply share their favourite joke of the moment.
If you haven’t joined us already, we invite you to join us in the Friends of Gilligallou on Facebook and share your birding story. As we stated above, this blog and the video below were derived from a question that spurred a conversation in the group about a peculiar little bird known as the American Woodcock.
We always take the opportunity this time of year to highlight a few of our favourite visitors, where to find them and how to best identify them. This week, we want to take a closer look at the golden-crowned kinglet; a truly unique bird to behold and observe should you be offered the chance.
Well, spring is officially upon us, there are more and more birds singing out there and we have reports of starlings, robins and many of our other summer residents already popping up across eastern Ontario.
As such, we wanted to begin the spring season by touching on one of our favourite migrants that offers viewers a welcomed splash of colour; the eastern meadowlark. Their song is quintessential with the spring season and catching a glimpse of one of these big eaters traversing on the ground is a treat to behold.
One of the most fulfilling parts about being able to do what we do not only at store but on our social media channels is connecting with some of the most amazing people on our beautiful planet.
One of those people with whom we always enjoy having around is our dear friend Jen, who many of you know as The Wild Yam. Jen has dedicated the better part of her life to living wild in the Canadian wilderness and has the stories, tips and tricks that come with living such an amazing and wild life.
For most of you, this isn’t the first time you have heard us talk about the importance of native gardening in your yard, not only with regards to our birds but to wildlife in general. With spring just around the corner, we thought it to be fitting to present three good reasons to change your perception of traditional gardening this spring season.
We realize we keep telling everyone that spring is on the way, all the while, Mother Nature seemingly has other plans. While it remains quite frigid here in eastern Ontario, changes are certainly on the way – in fact we’ve already seen some!
In celebration of the first day of March, we wanted to touch on some of our early migrants, when they should start showing up here and some tips on where to find them when they do.